Abortion Doctor Gets Life Sentence

PHILADELPHIA—Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murders of babies who were born alive at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, avoiding a potential death penalty in a deal with city prosecutors.

A day after a jury convicted Dr. Gosnell, 72 years old, of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies, he waived his right to future appeals "in exchange for life in prison without the...